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After a 2.1 miles trail from ranger station at tramway, with no too much high gain just 600 feet so easy hike.
Very clear trail.
Excelent, secluded camping but is hard to find the campsites.
Must send by mail a permit with at least one week before, I would say two weeks.
No water, vault toilet
We took the tram up and hiked our way to the Round Valley campsite. It was a 2.5 hike to get to our campsite. Be prepared for the incline and elevation. Lotus was a nice big area that overlooked the other side of the mountain with some very nice views. Be on the look out for the R3 post that leads to Lotus. Stay on the trail and follow the twigs and rocks when the path becomes indistinguishable.
Overall great!
However, had a difficult time understanding where to set camp. According to instructions it should be 25ft within the wooden post (See picture attached)
However it was not clear any indications if where I set camp was correct.
For hikers looking to camp here, if you do please post a review and a picture of where you camped to facilitate the location of the campsites. I did C2C and it was hard to focus to find a spot.
Camped here over the weekend as a part of a training hike for a Philmont trek. It is a hard hike with just about 4,000 ft of elevation gain. The campsites are not really conducive to large group camping as they terrain is very rough, but we did find a couple close together that worked for our group of 17 backpackers.
